1-1     By:  Madden, Walker (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro)         H.B. No. 444
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House March 15, 2001;
 1-3     March 19, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; April 26, 2001, reported adversely,
 1-5     with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
 1-6     Nays 0; April 26, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 444                  By:  Shapiro
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the requirements for write-in candidates in an election
1-11     for city officers.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Sections 146.051 and 146.055, Election Code, are
1-14     amended to read as follows:
1-15           Sec. 146.051.  CANDIDATE'S NAME REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON LIST.
1-16     In an [a general] election for city officers, a write-in vote may
1-17     not be counted unless the name written in appears on the list of
1-18     write-in candidates.
1-19           Sec. 146.055.  APPLICABILITY OF OTHER CODE PROVISIONS.
1-20     Subchapter B applies to write-in voting in an [a general] election
1-21     for city officers except to the extent of a conflict with this
1-22     subchapter.
1-23           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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